The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-08-11

Treasury Department to date for pre-
payment of interest on registered
bonds as follows: Four per cents, 81 :
46S $50; At per cents, S2,7l5 600; Pa
cific Railroad bonds, S8S, 900; Total S5.-
269 ESQ.
INYEs1IGATING AGENT HALL.
Indian Inspector T. D. Marcus and
Special Agent E. E. White are at
kiowa and Comanche agency in Indian
Territory investigating the accounts of
Agent Jesse Lee Hall. The Depart
ment officials are reticent as to the nee
essity for the investigation, but state
that no charges have been preferred
against MI. Hall in any way affecting
his character or administration of his
Office as agent.
BIDS OPENED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. g. Bids were
opened at noon to-day in the office of
the Secretary of the Navy for the con-
struction OF the cruisers last provided
Tor by Congress, namely: Newark No.
l, 1000 tons displacement; cruisers Nos.
and 3, 900 tons each, and gunboats
Nos. 8 ana 100 tons displacement
each: The Secretary announced that
bids had been made for all the vessels
at prices well within the limits pre-
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three classes; first, for hull and ma
chinery upon the plans of the DEPART
ment; second, hull and machinery
upon the contractors own plans:
third, hull after plans of the Depart
ment and machinery after builders
own pianSs approved by the Depart
ment. There was but one bid upon
the Newark, which was by William
Cramp q Sons under class 1, the price
being 81 ,248, 900. The Union Iron
Works of San Francisco, bid under
class l, for either cruisers Nos. 4 or
S, at 81 ,428, 900. William Cramp &
Sons bid upon cruisers No. 4 and un-
der class, at 81 10000 each; under
class 2 at 81 1875, 600 each; under class
z, with special modification, at 81 ,35O,-
600 each, and under class at 81 ,4O5,
600. William Cramp s. Sons bid for
two gun-boats at 1896, 600, and n. F.
Palmer & Co., of New York, bid for the
same at $490, 600. Secretary Whitney
said to an Associated Press reporter
after opening the bids, tit is a great
relief to my mind, getting this out of
the way. The requirements which the
contractors assume are more exacting
than In the case of any previous bid
dings. The law for cruisers
No. 4 and provides that
contracts for the construction of them
shall contain provisions to the effect
that the contractor guarantees that
when completed and tested for speed
under the conditions to be prescribed
by the department the vessel shall ex-
hlbit maximum speed of at least nine
teen knots per hour, and for every
quarter knot of speed so exhibited
above said guarantee the contractor
snail receive a premium over and above
hI9 contract nIinn of QS0 00N nd
every quarter knot that said vessel fails
OF reaching said guaranteed speed there
shall be deducted from the contract
price the sum of $50, OO0."
WOOL MERCHANTS COMPLAIN.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. - Ayers s.
Willis, of Castle Rock and Arlington,
Ore, wool and commission merchants,
complain to the Interstate Commerce
Commission that the Union Pacific and
the Oregon Railway, Navigation and
Transportation Companies secretly and
without the ten days notice required by
the Interstate Commerce Act, put in
effect new classification and greatly
increased tariff which causes great loss
to the petitioners, their Eastern CORES
pondents and wool producers and deal
ers generally. A large amount of wool,
it is said, had been bargained for or
purchased at prices which would not
have been paid had The freight rates
been known. The classification makes
no distinction between wool in sacks
a aDd wool it in is bales dSsroe5 which h
serious discrimination against petit
tiOners' wool presses. The new
tariff is said to bear dates May 14th
and purports to go into effect May 25th,
but as matter of fact it is charged
that the tariff was not printed until
May 23d, and was not posted or in any
way made known to shippers until June
l. COmplainants place the amount of
their damages at S., 600. They petition
for redress. This complaint is accom-
panied by petition bearing the sigma
lures of twenty-seven firms and indiVi-
dualS, each controlling between 1000
to 10000 sheep, asking for speedy ac-
ton upon the complaint, declaring
their familiarity with the facts set
forth and their opinion that the dis
examinations are Instantaneous to
the entire wool growing Sinterest of
Eastern Oregon.
FLOODED WITH INVITATIONS.
Invitations continue to pour in upon
the President and almost the entire
time Of the clerks at the White House
is occupied in scheduling and record.
ing them. He has been invited to visit
almost every city in the West and
South, including New Orleans, San
Francisco and Galveston. 1t would be
impossible for the President to accept
them all even if he devoted the balance
of the year to that purpose, SO it will
be seen that some places will have tC
be sighted. Among the invitations
received to-day was one from Governor
Gray of Indiana, urging the Presi.
dent to make a stop at Indianapolis OF
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telegram was received from Providence
asking the President to visit that city
on his rumored trip to Marion, Mass.
where Mrs. Cleveland is visiting. This
was the only one of the invitations
answered to-day. Colonel Lamont sent
short reply to the effect that the
President has no intention of VISITING
Massachusetts, just at present. The
President is seriously considering the
best use he can make of the limited
time he has allotted himself for hiE
Western and Southern trips and he vii
take the route which will enable hin
the two sections of country. He ha!
about made up his mind that he vii
not go further West than Kansai
City, and very likely not AM
| further south than Atlanta. He doe
not desire to be absent from the capito
more than twenty days, but any una
voidable circumstances may proiong hi
visit five or ten days more. He viii be
| gin the preparation of his annual mes
sage to Congress upon his return t.
Washington, and that and othor impoT
tant matters will then claim his peT
sonal attention from extending his visi
much beyond the first of November. /
is expected that the programme for hi
trip viii be prepared within the next tw
weeks. None of the invitations no
already acted upon will be answere
until that is arranged.
i APPOINTED ASSISTANT.
Il The Attorney General has appointe
il W. J. Clark, of Columbus Ohio, TO b
assistant to the United States Attorne
for the Dristrict of Utah.
II SMALL POx AND YELLOW FEVER.
The Marine Hospital Bureau is IL
formed that small poX and yellow feys
!, are raging in Havana, Cuba. Durin
the month of July there were I04 death
J from yellow fever and 112 deaths froI
J small pox.
Il SILVER BULLION AND COINAGE.
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